Probing graphene’s nonlocality with singular metasurfaces
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Author(s)
Galiffi, Emanuele
Arroyo Huidobro, Paloma
Goncalves, Paulo Andre Diaz
Mortensen, N Asger
Pendry, John
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Singular graphene metasurfaces, conductivity gratings realized by periodically suppressing the local doping level of a graphene sheet, were recently proposed to efficiently harvest THz light and couple it to surface plasmons over broad absorption bands, thereby achieving remarkably high field enhancement. However, the large momentum wavevectors thus attained are sensitive to the nonlocal behavior of the underlying electron liquid. Here, we extend the theory of singular graphene metasurfaces to account for the full nonlocal optical response of graphene and discuss the resulting impact on the plasmon resonance spectrum. Finally, we propose a simple local-analogue model that is able to reproduce the effect of nonlocality in local-response calculations by introducing a constant conductivity offset, which could prove a valuable tool in the modeling of more complex experimental graphene-based platforms.
Date Issued
2020-02-01
Date Acceptance
2019-11-03
Citation
Nanophotonics, 2020, 9 (2), pp.309-316
ISSN
2192-8606
Publisher
De Gruyter Open
Start Page
309
End Page
316
Journal / Book Title
Nanophotonics
Volume
9
Issue
2
Copyright Statement
© 2019 Emanuele Galiffi et al., published by De Gruyter. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Public License.
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Sponsor
ESPRC
Grant Number
ESPRC (EP/G036888/1)
Subjects
0205 Optical Physics
0906 Electrical and Electronic Engineering
1007 Nanotechnology
Publication Status
Published